CHAPTER II. 

EGYPT AND GREECE. 

B.C. 484 

Xerxes assumes the crown.--His message to Artobazanes.--Question of the succession again debated.--Advice of Atossa.--Decision of Artabanus.--Unfinished wars of Darius.--Egypt and Greece.--Character of the Egyptians.--Character of the Greeks.--Architecture.--Monuments of Greece.--Egyptian architecture.--Form of Egypt.--Delta of the Nile.--Fertility of Egypt.--No rain in Egypt.--Rising of the Nile.--Preparations for the inundation.--Gradual rise of the water.--Appearance of the country during an inundation.--The three theories.--Objections to the first.--Second and third theories.--Reasons against them.--Ideas of the common people in regard to the inundation.--Story of King Pheron.--His punishment.--Sequel of the story of King Pheron.--Nilometers.--Use of Nilometers.--Enormous structures of Egypt.--Comparative antiquity of various objects.--Great age of the Pyramids.--Egypt a mark for the conqueror.--Its relation to Persia.--Xerxes resolves to subdue Egypt first.--The Jews.--The Egyptians subdued.--Return to Susa. 

The arrangements which Darius had made to fix and determine the succession, before his death, did not entirely prevent the question from arising again when his death occurred. Xerxes was on the spot at the time, and at once assumed the royal functions. His brother was absent. Xerxes sent a messenger to Artobazanes[C] informing him of their father's death, and of his intention of assuming the crown. He said, however, that if he did so, he should give his brother the second rank, making him, in all respects, next to himself in office and honor. He sent, moreover, a great many splendid presents to Artobazanes, to evince the friendly regard which he felt for him, and to propitiate his favor. 

[Footnote C: Plutarch, who gives an account of these occurrences, varies the orthography of the name. We, however, retain the name as given by Herodotus.]  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who is Xerces brother?
2. and his dad?
3. what did he inform his brother?
4. and?
5. did he send him anything?
6. why?
7. had Darius decided who would take over before he died?
8. where was Xerxes when he died?
9. did he take responsibility right away?
10. was his brother there?
11. had Xerxes already decide to take the throne according to the message?
12. what would he do with his brother if he decided?
13. what would this mean?
14. were questions asked after Darius died?
Answer: 1. Artobazanes
2. Darius
3. their father's death
4. his intention to assume the crown
5. presents
6. to evince a friendly regard
7. wyes
8. on the spot
9. yes
10. no
11. yes
12. give his brother second rank
13. make him second to Xerxes in office and honor
14. yes

Problem: On the first day of school, Jack found a little old lady with a warm smile."Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I'm 87 years old."she said. "Why are you in university at such a YOUNG age?" Jack asked. "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids, and then retired and travel." she answered. Jack knew she's joking but he was surprised what encouraged her to be here at her age. "I always dreamed of having a university education and now I'm getting one!" she told me. We became friends. Every day they would talk after class. Jack always enjoyed listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with him. And Rose easily made friends wherever she went. At the end of the term, Rose was invited to make a little speech. She said, "We don't stop playing because we're old. We grow old because we stop playing. Being happy and achieving success may keep you staying young. If you have a dream, hold on. When you lose your dreams, you die." "Anybody can grow older. _ doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change..."
1. Who dream of having a University Education?
2. Did she get one?
3. Who did Jack find on the first day?
4. How old is she?
5. Is she younger than Jack?
6. Is Rose younger than Jack?
7. What was Rose's mission in the school?
8. Did jack always to her?
9. What was Rose idea on growing old?
10. Was Jack in the University at a young age?
Answer: 1. Rose
2. Yes
3. Rose
4. 87
5. unknown
6. unknown
7. "I always dreamed of having a university education and now I'm getting one!"
8. unknown
9. "We don't stop playing because we're old. We grow old because we stop playing.
10. unknown

question: Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941, 16 British cities suffered aerial raids with at least 100 long tons of high explosives. Over a period of 267 days, London was attacked 71 times, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth eight times, Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth and Hull three and a minimum of one large raid on eight other cities. This was a result of a rapid escalation starting on 24 August 1940, when night bombers aiming for RAF airfields drifted off course and accidentally destroyed several London homes, killing civilians, combined with the UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill's retaliatory bombing of Berlin on the following night.[clarification needed] 

From 7 September 1940, one year into the war, London was bombed by the Luftwaffe for 57 consecutive nights. More than one million London houses were destroyed or damaged and more than 40,000 civilians were killed, almost half of them in London. Ports and industrial centres outside London were also attacked. The main Atlantic sea port of Liverpool was bombed, causing nearly 4,000 deaths within the Merseyside area during the war. The North Sea port of Hull, a convenient and easily found target or secondary target for bombers unable to locate their primary targets, was subjected to 86 raids in the Hull Blitz during the war, with a conservative estimate of 1,200 civilians killed and 95 percent of its housing stock destroyed or damaged. Other ports including Bristol, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea were also bombed, as were the industrial cities of Birmingham, Belfast, Coventry, Glasgow, Manchester and Sheffield. Birmingham and Coventry were chosen because of the Spitfire and tank factories in Birmingham and the many munitions factories in Coventry. The city centre of Coventry was almost destroyed, as was Coventry Cathedral.
1. How many times was London attacked?
2. What were the fighters aiming at?
3. Did they hit anything else?
4. What?
5. How many nights in a row was London sieged in 1940?
6. Was the cathedral in Coventry left unharmed?
7. How many innocent people were killed in London?
8. Who was the UK Prime Minister at the time?
9. How many tonnes of explosives were used to attack Britain?
10. How many deaths were there in Merseyside?
11. What was the name of the German air core that attaacked London?
12. How many ports were bombed?
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answer:
1. 71 times
2. for RAF airfields
3. Yes
4. several London homes
5. 57 consecutive nights
6. No
7. 1,200
8. Prime Minister Winston Churchill
9. Atleast 100 tons
10. 4000
11. Luftwaffe
12. Seven